Do you give your immediate boss/supervisor a Christmas gift or

[Blue Diadem]

go in on a group gift?

DH and I were discussing it this morning. He's been hit up for double the amount over the last couple years and we were thinking it's getting to be a bit much. Prior years involved taking the boss and his wife to a nice restaurant and paying for their meal/drinks/tip etc, still leaving a significant amount which was placed on a gift card to the store of the Boss's choice.

[no name no slogan]

1. We are pretty much forbidden from doing that where I work

due to the nature of our work and due to the field we are in, so thankfully it's not an issue

[redqueen]

2. Neither.

[PassingFair]

3. I am a suck-up.

I give both.

[skygazer]

4. We've always gone in on a gift for the manager and assistant manager

Usually gifts certs to a restaurant or something like that. This year the nitwit who is collecting is trying to get the 1st assistant manager on there too. We've never included that position and I don't want to - it's not really an official management position and there have been a lot more deserving people in it than the moran who is currently (and some of those more deserving still work there in other capacities so I see it as an insult to them).

In short, there's always some kind of stupid office politics drama associated with any of this stuff. ~sigh~

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. Yes, but...

...it's just something small and just from me, not the group. I'm giving my staff some small but nice presents tomorrow, and I'll bring my boss' gift in too. He gave me one today that was very nice and not costly. I like the way people do things around here. :)

[Arkansas Granny]

6. We take up a collection to give a group gift to our boss every year.

We do the same for our project manager (who is the boss' brother) and some of us (myself included) have at various times over the years given an individual gift, also. This is in a small company and they are very generous to all of us as far as gifts and Christmas bonuses are concerned.

[wain]

7. What? It's the boss that should be taking staff to a fancy lunch.

I'd be embarrassed otherwise. I'm only as good as my staff.

Power is given to the boss by the staff. It does not come with the position.

[reyd reid reed]

8. Neither

The only gift I give my immediate supervisor is the gift of my non-presence for three days in a row.

[tjwmason]

9. Nope

I gave gifts to those whose boss I am, which seems more the right way round to me.

I sent my boss a card, but I also sent them to just about everybody in the office.

[Catsbrains]

10. no way..my bosses all suck ass.

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Yes

this year we have a new boss and the whole department (4 women) give him a coffee pot which says "Chef" (German for boss) since we call him "Cheffe" in a jokingly way.

[PRETZEL]

12. fortunately for me my boss knows how much financial trouble I'm in

so I'm sure she understands that I'm not getting her anything this year. I've always have gotten something small for my bosses in the past.

I do however give little somethings for my staff.

[Patiod]

13. Only if I'm making something by hand that year

I make Christmas balls - small handpainted enamel Christmas scenes on frosted glass ornaments, and those I've given to whoever I was working for. But I haven't been able to find the balls live or on the internet for a few years, so that's stopped.

But I wouldn't buy anything.

I do go in on the staff gift to the Admins, and I give jewelry (again handmade) to the women whose jobs support mine. It's always nice to see them wearing it -- last year someone noticed a co-worker's earrings, and she said "Oh, Minerva made me these, aren't they nice?" and I had to pipe up "no she didn't, I did!" (Minerva is an Admin who makes jewelry that's a lot more creative than mine, so I took it as a compliment, but I wanted credit!)

[AllegroRondo]

14. I just make them cookies

The wife and I make a ton of christmas cookies every year, then put them in tins for the friends and neighbors.

[Jimbo S]

15. How about a punch in the face?

That would be my gift.

Merry Christmas, fucker.

[DS1]

16. No, on this level I believe in trickle-down

the bosses can give themselves their own gifts. And frequently do, from what I see of new cars, laptops, cameras, 2 week trips to the southern pacific.

[Mutley]

17. I did once

but only five other people worked there besides me, and we all liked each other, including the boss.

[MissMillie]

18. I don't share my boss w/ others

My 3 bosses share me among them....

I made them each some fudge.

Last year I gave donations to the local food bank in their names.

[Mythsaje]

19. I've got too many bosses to even think about it.

Though I'm considering giving a copy of one of my books to one of them...maybe once I figure out who'd appreciate it the most.

[Jokerman]

20. It was "mandatory" at a company where I used to work.

We got an email from the company book keeper who told us to either give her cash for the bosses gift or she would take it out of our paychecks.

I got out of that bullshit operation as quickly as I could.

[LeftyMom]

21. I'll bring food in to the office monday.

Last time I did that, he ate a whole tofu pumpkin cheesecake by himself. :eyes:

[Evoman]

22. My boss in my masters supervisor.

I always get him a nice gift (usually about 30 bucks) because he has been such an important part of my life and a great mentor. I still work for him (finishing up some research). He always gets everyone in the lab something too.

Oh yeah, and I also give my landlord a christmas present...and I pay 50 less than anybody else in the building :rofl:. Sometimes it pays to suck up/be friendly.

[Lance_Boyle]

23. I buy my boss a beer

and he buys me one, too. Then we finish those and buy our own from them on. Pretty much like most of our business lunches.